pith

英 [pɪθ]

美 [pɪθ]

n.  (橙子等水果中的)髓; 精髓; 核心; 要点
vt.  杀死; 使瘫痪; 除去…中的髓

现在分词：pithing　过去式：pithed　第三人称单数：piths　过去分词：pithed　

GRE

BNC.25255 / COCA.23670

牛津词典

noun

• （橙子等水果中的）髓
  a soft dry white substance inside the skin of oranges and some other fruits
• 精髓；核心；要点
  the essential or most important part of sth
  1. the pith of her argument
     她论据的核心

柯林斯词典

• （柑橘类水果皮和瓤之间的）衬皮
  The pithof an orange, lemon, or similar fruit is the white substance between the skin and the inside of the fruit.

英英释义

noun

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
  1. the gist of the prosecutor's argument
  2. the heart and soul of the Republican Party
  3. the nub of the story
  Synonym:kernelsubstancecorecentercentreessencegistheartheart and soulinwardnessmarrowmeatnubsumnitty-gritty
• soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants

verb

• remove the pith from (a plant)

双语例句

• Use an advanced laser measuring system to inspect position accuracy, pith, and backlash compensation of machine body.
  运用先进的高科技雷射量测系统来检测机台的定位精度、螺距及背隙补偿。
• Refined tortoise and turtle tonic paste prepared from a-hundred-year-old pith and marrow is a superfine product promoting longevity.
  提炼百年精髓而制成的龟鳖精补膏，实为长寿精品。
• Using a sharp knife, cut away the pith and peel from both fruits
  用一把锋利的刀削去两种水果的外皮和中果皮。
• The pith of his speech was focused on the importance of education.
  他演讲的精髓在于着重阐述了教育的重要性。
• Strengthen system building is the pith of modern political civilization.
  加强制度建设，是现代政治文明的精髓所在。
• Special subepidermal cells were found to exist beneath the epidermises of H. cordata stems and leaves and secretory cells were found to exist in the cortex and pith of the stems.
  鱼腥草茎和叶的表皮下有特殊的皮下层细胞，茎的皮层和髓中有分泌细胞存在。
• If the borer has been properly located and drilled into the pith, a record of growth and age is obtainable for that position on the tree.
  如果生长锥放的位置适当，钻入木髓即可得到树木那个部位的生长记录和年龄。
• The pith of this stemlike stele appears rather strongly like collenchyma tissue.
  茎状中柱的髓显得颇强健，像厚角组织。
• In the eyes of the anatomical structure of stem, it would be a chief measure to suppress the differentiation of vessel lumen and pith cavity for harnessing the overrun of the species.
  从茎的结构上看，治理该种应以限制其导管腔和髓腔分化为主要手段。
• It is found that the loading capability and pith angle increase significantly under influence of thermal effect, and roll angle changes little.
  热效应使气体黏度和承载能力增加，从而使磁头飞行高度和俯仰角增大，但对侧翻角没有明显影响。